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– COMMUNITIES –
WOULD YOU MOVE IN?
By
Jan Bergemann
Published
August 18, 2017
Just imagine there
would be communities where you can only live if you are less
than 55 years old – as Eric called it: REVERSE 55+
COMMUNITIES.
In case you are
younger than 55 years old – would you consider moving into one
of these communities – if these types of communities would be
legalized by the legislature?
Personally, I think
it’s a bad idea to create communities with age-limits. That’s
just another one of these “AMERICAN” inventions when it comes to
housing.
I have never heard
about something like that in Europe – and to me it makes no
sense. I just think creating age-restricted communities is
another “failed” invention of our housing market and serves no
other purpose than marketing.
Just imagine: After
living in such a community for more than 10 years, you and your
spouse turn 55. WHAT NOW? You have to move out of
your home or have your kids move in with you so have a person
living in the household who is less than 55 years old. Or
exchange your spouse for a younger model?
Give me a break –
that makes no sense to me sorry! I grew up in a home where – for
a few years – four (4) generations lived happily together. My
Great-Granddad played with me as a little kid, without me having
to see him in a senior citizen home.
You can have nice
neighbors – and you can have neighbors from hell – the age
doesn’t really matter. But if you live in a HOA it’s a lot more
important to have nice neighbors – because you can’t just erect
a big fence like in a neighborhood without a HOA.
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Jan Bergemann is president of Cyber Citizens For Justice,
Florida
's largest state-wide property owners' advocacy group.
CCFJ works on legislation to help owners living in
community
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associations. He moved to
Florida
in 1995 - hoping to retire. He moved into a HOA, where the
developer cheated the homeowners and used the association dues
for his own purposes. End of retirement!
CCFJ was born in the year 2000, when some owners met in
Tallahassee
- finding out that power is only in numbers. Bergemann was a
member of Governor Jeb Bush's HOA Task force in 2003/2004.
The organization has two websites to inform interested
Florida
homeowners and condo owners:
News Website: http://www.ccfj.net/.
Educational Website: http://www.ccfjfoundation.net/.
We think that only owners can really represent owners, since all
service providers surely have a different interest! We are
trying to create owner-friendly laws, but the best laws are
useless without enforcement. And enforcement is totally lacking
in
Florida
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